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The department of justice is to put an end to internal investigations. you know when you have a trial and you're trying to impanel a jury during voir dire one of the first things a judge will ask the perspective jurors, is you know do you know any of these lawyers? do you know any of these individuals, and the reason obviously that those -- that that question is asked is because we recognize as a society the problems inherit with bias. >> thanks for bringing that up. >> the internal investigation by the little rock police department was done in the homicide did i vig. the officer who killed mr...

Why you didn't see the justice that you and your family say you deserve because the officer who was involved with this shooting her husband was the sergeant of the division that investigates each though he recused himself? >> well it's -- it's up of those things you know. a have thought initially that they would take this into consideration, the families and dynamics of those involved. the situation in this particular problem, any gratitude. we didn't have the chaplains that come out to visit us. we weren't ever offered any type of resolution to the problem this. situation just kept going on p...

They both said they do not comment on matters in litigation. joining me now, eugene ellison's son, spencer ellison, a former detective with the little rock police department and now a criminal justice professor at the university of north texas and also with us attorney michael lowe representing the ellison family. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having us rpg tamron. >> a lot ofto cover here. family is calling on the justice department. this has been five years now, michael. where do things stand as far as the courts and the justice department right now? >> well tamron, your rendition of ...

What do you want to get for the ellison family? >> justice and closure. let me say one thing about that. you know have you here two victims or the victims of mr. ellison, you know, the sons of mr. ellison. these guys spend a lifetime devoted to law enforcement in some way or another, and what this shows you and the length of time that it takes for a resolution here shows you is how embedded this system is in terms of staving off these civil rights lawsuits. when two guys like this can't seek justice, i think it's a pretty bad indictment on the system and on what we all as lay people and non-of...

But you can help change that with a simple choice. drink more water. filtered by brita. ♪ and introducing our new advanced filter, now better than ever. this week the justice department announced it would not be pursuing civil rights charges against george zimmerman in the death of trayvon, but there's another case that the justice department is also investigating involving the shooting of an unarmed man. on the night of december 9 2010 67-year-old eugene ellison was killed by an off-duty police officer inside his apartment in little rock arkansas. he was holding a cane at the time. now, a...